William Earle Rumsey, Entomologist and Photographer, Papers

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
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POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Earle Rumsey, Entomologist and Photographer, Papers, A&M 2935, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
7.75 Linear Feet (10 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 1 records carton, 15 in.; 5 card file boxes, 4.5 in. each; 2 oversize folders)
Creator:
Rumsey, William Earle, 1865-1938
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Earle Rumsey, Entomologist and Photographer, Papers, A&M 2935, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of William Rumsey, WVU Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist and photographer. Initial acquisition includes correspondence from a friend at Cornell University, Rumsey's student essays and diaries (1880-1925) and family photographs. There are also glass plate negatives, and lantern slides of West Virginia University subjects, and other subjects as well.

Addendum of 2017-07-19; boxes 13-14 and oversize folders 1 and 2; ca. 1806-1961.
Addendum includes photographs, correspondence, financial and legal papers such as deeds, clippings, printed material, artifacts, and other materials. Photograph formats include glass plate negatives and positives, lantern slides, cabinet cards, prints, negatives, postcards, and mounted photos. Some of the people and places in the photos are identified, but many are not. The personal papers and publications include material on entomology, botany, genealogy, and more.

Biographical / historical:

William Earl Rumsey was born September 9, 1865 near VanEtten, Chemung County, New York. He attended Cornell University in the late 1880s and earned a B.S. in Agriculture in 1891. He remained there until 1893 when he came to the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, where he soon became the Assistant Entomologist. During his tenure at West Virginia University, he took many photographs of his work, among other subjects. Rumsey became the West Virginia state entomologist in 1912, and as of 1929 was still in that position. He passed away February 16, 1938.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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